Zoro calling Luffy captain (and smirking about it) like an hour after meeting him is very U-Haul lesbian, "we shall have summer wedding" behavior
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Quick question, genuine question:
Why on earth does "more than half of US adults under 30 cannot read above an elementary school level" not strike horror into the heart of everyone who hears it?
Are the implications of it unclear????
I'm serious, people keep reacting with a sort of vague dismissal when I point this out, and I want to know why!
If adults in the US cannot read, then the only information they have access to is TV and video, the spaces with the most egregious and horrific misinformation!
If they cannot read, they cannot escape that misinformation.
This obscene lack of literacy should strike fear into every heart! US TV is notoriously horrific propaganda!
Is that???? Not??? Obvious???????
I know this sounds sarcastic, I know it does, but I'm completely serious here. I do not understand where the disconnect is.
ETA: This post continues here, with citations
ETA 2: There's a tag on my blog now; it's simply #literacy. You can click it at the bottom of this post to view on mobile, or click here for desktop.
ETA 3: Stop saying children are being manipulated on purpose. That's how you get conspiracy theories. This entire situation is just a serious of bad decisions, not a nefarious plot. Focus on the real problem if we want real solutions.
ETA 4: PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE SOLUTION NOT THE PROBLEM, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? I mean you can't read, obviously. I just said that. But holy SHIT.
ETA 5: I have begun compiling a list of resources, including at least some practice books at each difficulty level. Check the tag "reading resources" on my blog by clicking it below.
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"Yagami Light as a youtuber would probably plagiarise" WRONG Yagami Light is insanely intelligent and looks down on literally every single other human person, he would rather stab himself in the eye than using the works of someone else - someone who can't be anything but beneath him. Pre-Death Note youtuber!Light would make long-ass videos about Everything Wrong With Society with completely unhinged takes about how xyz small innocuous thing is responsible for gang violence with numbers* to back it up.
"Light would plagiarise" get the fuck out of here.
*numbers which he completely twists to his own bias - without even knowing it because he thinks way too highly of himself
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Fun how a big part of Zoro and Usopp's plot in Arlong Park arc was desperately trying to find each other and JUST missing one another from place to place
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